Wee Bairns

Wee Bairns was a brand of Scotch whisky from Earth. Its label featured an anchor flanked by two lions during the 23rd century, and a Constitution-class engine room during the 24th century. Its slogan was: "Now there's a drink for a man". (DS9: "The Assignment"; SNW: "Lost in Translation")

This is a phrase used by Montgomery Scott to describe Scotch in "The Trouble with Tribbles", which is set in 2268. However, the phrase was on the bottle as early as 2256.

During the Federation-Klingon War of 2256, Captain Lorca shared a bottle with Admiral Katrina Cornwell. Cornwell described it as "straight from the motherland." (DIS: "Lethe")

When James T. Kirk visited Sam Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise in 2259, the two shared a bottle of Wee Bairns. (SNW: "Lost in Translation")

Jadzia Dax gifted O'Brien a bottle of interstellar import Wee Bairns for his forty-fifth birthday in 2373. (DS9: "The Assignment")

Later that year, O'Brien shared a bottle of Wee Bairns with his friends, during a dinner party at Benjamin Sisko's quarters. (DS9: "In the Cards")

In the Scots language, "Bairn" is an affectionate word for "child," so that "Wee bairns" is another way of saying "little children." It was a term Scott used to describe the engines of the USS Enterprise in TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome". (The Art of Star Trek)

In the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 1, p. 137, there was a picture of a brand of Scottish whiskey gum called "Wee Bairns".

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